Haris Alexiou - To Tango Tis Nefelis -Το τανγκό της Νεφέλης - Nefeli’s Tango

Street Tango Dancers. La Boca. Buenos Aires - Argentina The Greek singer Haris Alexiou released ‘To Tango Tis Nefelis’ in 1996 . Originally ‘Tango to Evora’ an instrumental tango composed by Canadian Loreena McKennitt. Haris Alexiou, moved by the passionate melody, found her own inspiration in it and painted it with the Greek touch, writing a romantic and mythological lyrics Nefeli /Clouds/Nubes is a mythological figure in the Greek Mythology. Nefeli was the mother of the Centaurs and the mother of Frixos and Elli, associated with the story of the Golden Fleece. Nefeli was the Goddess of the Clouds, as Zeus created her from a cloud. According to the myth, Zeus shaped the cloud to look like Hera, because he wanted to trick a man who desired her: Ixion. English Lyrics: The golden rag that Nefeli wore on her hair that made her stand out from the rest at the vineyard was seen by two young angels and they stole it. Two young angels who in their dreams both w
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